“If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.”
More from Emily Dickinson
“I have one purpose on this earth and that is to become a great writer.”
“I love when people quote me.”
“Tragically, I am a woman.”
“I've known her from an ample nation Choose one; Then close the valves of her attention…”